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BOTTLE.

Application filed Mar. 31, 1899.)

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VILLIAM SMITH, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

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srnclrxcarrien forrningpart of Letters Patent No. 651,774, dated June12, 1900.

f Application iild March 31, 1899. Serial in. 711,211. (No ma To allwhom, it mag concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SMITH, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have finvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to whicllit appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form apart of'this specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its objectthe provisionof a bottle which can be readily filled initially andpartially or. wholly emptied with case, but which Will successfullyresist the introduction of fluid after having been filled in the firstinstance.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a bottle which will beadaptedto freely receive fluid in the first instance, but which will berendered incapableof refilling by the act of corking or stoppering'thebottle after filling.

Having the foregoing and other not-specifically-mentioned objects inview, the invention consists of a bottle provided with a valve ofimproved construction, held in open or su's-.

pended position in the bottle-neck.in a novel manner, soas to permit thefree intrpduction of the fluid initially, but which is disconnected andmade to drop to its seat by the act of stoppering or corking the bottleand thereafter rendered adaptable to permit the discharge of thecontents of the bottle as desired, while preventing introduction of anyadditional fluid.

The invention is set forth in detail hereinafter and the novel featuresrecited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional viewof my improvedbottle, showing the valve in its "suspended or open position asmanufactured; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the stopper inserted in theneck and the valve broken ofi from its suspending connection "andresting in its seat; Fig. 3, a crosssection taken on line a: w of Fig.1, and Fig. 4, a perspective detail of the valve.

The form of the bottle-body may obviously be a matter of choice, as myimprovements relate, to the construction of the neck and valvecooperating therewith. The neck 1 has an annularenlargeinentfl, providedwith internal vertical ribs 3, which are connected by a horizontalannular guide-ring 4 at a point about midway their height, Thisconstruction defines air and fluid channels 5 between the ribsthemselves and between the ring 1 and the bottle-neck. The lower ends ofthe ribsare notched at G andthe'upper ends of said ribs are providedwith inwardly-projecting lugs '7, which overhang the guide-ring abovethe same.

The bottle is providedfwith' a valve-seat 8 at the upper end of the neckportion 9, which is located below the ribs and guide-ring, and theupperportion of the neck .is adapted at lO for the reception of an ordinarycork or stopper 11.

I employ a valve 12 having a cylindrical body 13 of slightly-smallersize than the guidering and fitted therein. The'upper end of this valveis provided with a stem 14, of reduced size, which extends'above thelugs 7 in position for depression by th'ecork or stopper 11' wheninserted in the neck, while the lower end 15 of the valve is so shapedas to cor rectly fit the valve-seat 8 when resting there on and has anannular flange 16 of greater diameter than the guide-ring and projectinginto the notches 6. This flange and the lugs 7 prevent the valve fromdropping out of the neck when moving therein.

When the bottle is manufactured,the valve, which is of glass, isconnected to one of the ribs, at the upper end thereof, by a frangibleor easily-broken web or teat 17 whereby the valve is held suspended, asshown in Fig. 1. In this position the valve is 05 its seat and thechannels 5 are entirely clear and open,

and hence the fluid can be introduced into l a valve located in the neckabove the seat and joined to the neck by a frangible connection, saidvalveand neck being arranged to permit the free introduction of thefluid until j l the frangible connection is broken.

2. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, of a valve insaid neck and having a frangible connection therewith, and a stopperadapted to sever or break the frangible connection of the valve whensaid stopper is inserted in the neck above the valve.

' 3. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, having avalve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck, and a valveiu saidneck which is held suspended above the seat by a frangible connection,said ribs pro-,

viding channels for the passage of the fluid around the valve and intothe bottle While the valve is suspended by its frangible connection.

4. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof, provided with avalve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and de finingchannels and terminating above said seat, a guide-ring connecting saidribs above the seat and intermediate their upper and lower ends and avalve movable in said ring I and adapted to rest in said seat.

5. In a bottle, the combination with the neck thereof provided with avalve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and definingchannels, a guide-ring connecting said ribs above the seat, and a valveconnected to the neck by a frangible connection and held suspended inthe ring above the seat;

6. In a bottle, the combination witha neck thereof, provided with avalve-seat, of ribs projecting in said neck and defining channels, aguide-ring connecting the ribs, a valve in the ring and a lateral flangeonthe' valve below the ring.

7. In a bottle, the combination with a neck thereof, )rovided with avalve-seat, of ribs projecting inwardly in said neck and definingchannels, said ribs having overhanging lugs at their upper portions, aguide-ring connected to the ribs, and 'a valve in said ring andprevented from dropping out of the bottle by the lugs.

In testimony whereof I al'liX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

THEo. BEILING, -SAML. CRUM AKER.

